Cao Wei was the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, controlling northern China and the former Han heartland after Cao Cao's consolidation of the north.
Cao Wei was ended in 266 CE when Sima Yan forced the last Wei emperor Cao Huan to abdicate on 4 February 266, proclaiming the Jin dynasty.
The great literary epic of the Three Kingdoms period, a primary cultural lens through which the era is understood across East Asia.
Scholarly history of the post-Han era of division; covers the Three Kingdoms aftermath in which Cao Wei held northern China.